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Hello, Sicilia, fancy seeing you here. I'm going to be on wikibreak for a few days myself, you'll have to find your own weed. Bishonen | talk 22:43, 23 August 2006 (UTC).

Guidance help

Hi Bishonen! Thanks for the offer of guidance with WP:NOR and WP:V, I really appreciate it! Here’s my understanding as it relates to my comments about the baby talking at six months:

For the sake of argument, say there is an indisputably reliable source that says that Natasha’s mother said “Natasha could speak by the age of six months.” Then say there’s an equally reliable source that says it’s impossible for a baby to speak before 12 months of age. WP:V says "Articles should contain only material that has been published by reliable sources, regardless of whether individual editors view that material as true or false. The threshold for inclusion in Misplaced Pages is thus verifiability, not truth."

I take that to mean that we can report Natasha’s mother’s statement in the Misplaced Pages Article, word for word, even though it’s not true. She said it, it’s verifiable.

Where am I going wrong with that? Thanks! Dreadlocke ☥ 00:10, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Several things are wrong with it. In the first place, the article is supposed to be about Natasha Demkina, not about her mother, right? I assume you'd mention both those reliable sources (if you didn't, somebody else would), and a foolish, random, and provably false statement about ND by her mother doesn't say anything about ND; it only says things (embarrassing things) about her mother. The article isn't about her mother, and Misplaced Pages also isn't about embarrassing vulnerable people for no good reason. I call her vulnerable because that's a good word for a person who'll put herself out in the public sphere in such a way. I have no idea if her claims about her daughter are signs of carelessness, memory problems, mendacity... whatever, but (in your hypothetical case) I do know they're not true. Your argument that we can quote them seems to me, if you don't mind my saying so, based on the letter rather than the spirit of the policy. The policies aren't meant to be cherrypicked like that, you're supposed to read and digest the whole of them and get to grips with the spirit of them. Try asking yourself, not "Can we quote it?" but rather "Why would we quote it, to what end?" And now I really am going on wikibreak, please see the top of this page. I'd rather you didn't continue this thread here while I'm away, but you're welcome back on Monday. Bishonen | talk 00:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC).

Award

I'm awarding this award to you:

		The da Vinci Barnstar
		I'm awarding this to you for making Misplaced Pages a better place and for your valued assisstance and patience to me. Martial Law

Also, by the way, welcome back. Martial Law 06:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, Martial Law, most kind! Bishonen | talk 08:17, 28 August 2006 (UTC).

IRC

Oh, sure! I haven't been around much recently due to off-site obligations, but I'm off school this week, so I should have the time. I'll pop on at my first convinience and message you, and we can chat about whatever you need to chat about. --InShaneee 12:34, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Alrighty. I should be on today around 21:00 UTC (I think that's correct). --InShaneee 19:27, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

At which time I was away from the computer. Oh well... it'll pan out some day, I hope. If not, I'll explain by e-mail, but Real Time would be Real Good for this, so I'll give it a day or two. Hope it's not bugging you. Bishonen | talk 19:42, 28 August 2006 (UTC).

Oh no, not at all! I get home from work around that time most days, so if not today, perhaps Wed, Thurs, or Fri? --InShaneee 19:48, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Either of those should do me fine. I'll hope for no freak ailments striking on Wednesday night, then, and keep a lookout. Bishonen | talk 19:55, 28 August 2006 (UTC).

Indeed. I do hope that tooth feels better! --InShaneee 19:59, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Bored?

God! It's dull here today, my watch list is hardly moving, where is everyone? Giano | talk 13:05, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

• I'm debating porn. Geogre 14:47, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Bored? Bored? I wish I was bored. I have a root canal crappola, classes tomorrow, and all my prep time gone west. You guys will have to deal with your aristocratic ennui and your under-the-bed stack all by yourselves. Bishonen | talk 16:08, 28 August 2006 (UTC).

• Oh I thought you were very quiet (no pun intended) how very awful for you, I have never had tooth ache in my whole life, and have perfect toothies, all white a shiny, I think it's because I brushed them twice a day as a child and drank all my milk and orange juice! I'm no longer bored, I've been internet shoping and bought lots of new clothes (I bought my famed chest-wig on the internet you know) this also stops Mrs G from becoming bored as she has to pack them all up and send them back when they arrive as they are usually all the wrong colour and size, or else she feels they are not suitable for someone of my age, I always think they will make me look like the model, but sadly they seldom do, in fact the last pair of sun glasses she said made me look like a bluebottle, I'm not sure why I married her sometimes. Hope the toothies clear up - have you tried flossing? Giano | talk 16:28, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Go away. Freak. Bishonen | talk 17:03, 28 August 2006 (UTC).

Sympathies on the teeth, Bish. I got my copy of Betterton; it's as good as you promised. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 17:14, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Isn't it great? Full of meat and matter. Giano, don't concern yourself about the conversation, that'll be moot as soon as your turkette is properly deleted, which I see will be in short order. Bishonen | talk 17:33, 28 August 2006 (UTC).

• It is not my turkette, I merely discovered it, I have never used such an object (or please note BoG a "napking ring" shudder in my life. Giano | talk 22:47, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Damn, woman. I thought we were done with the endodontics. Sure way to get me to run away, mentioning the E-word. I have that half-done r.c. that's been waiting for infection and premature death for years/decades now, all thanks to the virtues of capitalism and the invisible hand of the free market. That hand rarely carries floss, in the US. I prefer to dive under the bed. Geogre 17:52, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, well, this one wasn't doing any waiting. But I'm all better, as the dentist was equipped with a remarkable new invention of no doubt Mediterranean invention, known as "floss". Lo, instant cure! Snort. Bishonen | talk 19:48, 28 August 2006 (UTC).

In the UK, floss rots your teeth instead of saves it. If you've seen my bl*g, you know the moods I've been in. Geogre 21:45, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Love your blåg, honey! Oh, lord, i have a really early train tomorrow. It's horrible, so horrible. :-( But I finally caught Inshaneee on IRC, so what could I do, I'm still up. Good night, everybody! Bishonen | talk 22:23, 28 August 2006 (UTC).

Wow, and here I thought that last one was the most severe blurting out of existential despair ever (at least ever by me). Camus's dead Arab and Sartre's upset stomach had nothing on it, I thought. Our ends are so far from our beginnings that they scarcely know themselves, I guess (to crib from that American hero of despair, TSE). That reminds me: I should probably give The Four Quartets another go, now that I'm old enough to ignore the critical apparatus and apparatchiks. Geogre 01:49, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

I'll take your silence as a yes!Hypnosadist 12:39, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

I will leave your harassment on my page now, since you're so fond of it. I hope you're proud of yourself. Bishonen | talk 12:44, 29 August 2006 (UTC).

Yep very proud! You proud of your support for a racist (H.E.)!Hypnosadist 12:47, 29 August 2006 (UTC)